All Governance articles – Page 28
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OpinionWhat to look for in a mastertrust
From the blog: It’s an important time for retirement savings. The introduction of freedom and choice has brought with it references to a ‘brave new world’ for pensions and the ‘biggest pensions shake-up for a generation’.
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Features
Employers congregate to solve Baptist scheme deficit
The Baptist Union of Great Britain has established an employer group to develop a strategy for plugging the scheme’s increased deficit.
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NewsPensions Regulator: Cyber security should be key on risk registers
Trustee boards should be assessing their risk of cyber attack and taking steps to protect member data and scheme assets, the chief executive of the Pensions Regulator has said.
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OpinionIRM: Nouvelle cuisine or sing a song of sixpence?
As integrated risk management has become the way of approaching defined benefit, Lincoln Pensions’ Richard Farr asks if the industry needs to change to be able to deliver it.
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OpinionJust an aside
This week's article about the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee focuses on lowering risk, but also delves into the environmental, social and governance factors that played a role in Nilgosc's decision-making.
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News
Chair competence key as survey highlights inefficient meetings
Any Other Business: Pension fund trusteeship is a time-consuming role with huge responsibilities covering a wide range of topics, but are the boards running schemes using their time wisely?
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OpinionEffective, responsible investment flows from clear objectives
Master trusts would do well to focus on investing in accordance with environmental, social and governance principles, says Nest’s Paul Todd.
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News
Expertise key to exploiting multi-asset solutions
Schemes looking to multi-asset strategies to generate positive cash flow while derisking may have to turn to specialist managers to reduce their potentially significant governance burden.
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OpinionHow is climate change affecting scheme investments now?
As world leaders are now more intent on fighting global warming, BMO Global Asset Management’s Vicki Bakhshi explains why and how investors can best act to align investments with environmental goals.
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Opinion
Proposed trusteeship diploma gets mixed response
The Pensions Management Institute and the Association of Professional Pension Trustees have announced the launch of a joint consultation to introduce a Diploma in Pension Trusteeship to improve trustee education and standards of scheme governance.
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OpinionRaising standards of trusteeship
As we continue to develop our support for the 21 century trustee, it is clear many are doing a great job in challenging circumstances. These trustees are setting enviable standards of best practice.
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Opinion
Ensuring standards for professional trustees
The number of schemes that use professional trustees has ballooned in recent years, but there is still no formal certification to qualify someone as a professional trustee. Tim Middleton explains what the PMI is doing to help.
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NewsLGPS calls for details of government intervention
Local government pension experts have called on the government to give more details regarding controversial plans to introduce intervention powers for the secretary of state over investment decisions.
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OpinionThe future is not what it used to be
From the blog: Last month some 130 world leaders travelled to New York to formally sign the Paris Agreement, sending a powerful signal to the investment community that now is the time to shift assets towards the low-carbon economy.
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OpinionPutting the ‘trust’ in mastertrusts
From the blog: Like the proverbial three bears, regulators face criticism if they deviate from carefully calibrated positions. Too ‘hot’ and undue costs could be placed on industry. Too ‘cold’ and consumers’ protection can suffer.
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FeaturesNationwide targets 30% in illiquids
The Nationwide Pension Scheme is struggling to find suitable illiquid investments as it targets 30 per cent of its portfolio in the assets, the scheme’s chief investment officer has said.
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NewsLloyds Banking Group drives efficiency with single trustee board
Lloyds Banking Group has merged the trustee boards of three of its defined benefit pension funds to boost efficiency, decrease duplication and strengthen its relationship with the schemes.
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Features
Environment Agency Pension Fund shakes up investment monitoring
The Environment Agency has released information about its investment process, emphasising a move away from more traditional benchmarking and quarterly reporting in favour of monitoring fundamentals and ad-hoc reporting.
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Features
Strathclyde joins antibiotics campaign as investors up engagement
The Strathclyde Pension Fund is one of 54 institutional investors that have launched an engagement campaign aimed at stopping overuse of antibiotics in the supply chains of corporations in the UK and US.
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News
PE investors threaten to sell over transparency concerns
Private equity is experiencing a renaissance, but nearly a third of institutional investors may abandon their plans to invest over fears about transparency, a new report shows.